100 YEARS AGO – 1908

The Police Committee of Darby Borough Council has purchased two .38 caliber-revolvers for officers Clark and Crumback at cost of $14 each. A taxicab was built at the Johnson Motor Works at Front and Penn Streets, Chester, as an experiment. Successful results are anticipated.

The management of The Casino, the electric theatre on Baltimore Avenue, Clifton Heights, has agreed to run a benefit two nights a week for two weeks for the Clifton Heights baseball team. There will be a one-hour moving picture and vaudeville entertainment. Tickets are on sale from any club member. This is an easy way for the public to help the baseball club.

75 YEARS AGO – 1933

Boys Week in Chester concluded with the presentation of a minstrel show and a spelling contest at the Franklin School. Accused by his wife and son of paying too much attention to a woman who lives in an apartment on Fifth Street, Chester, a man from Penn Street, Chester, was ordered by Judge MacDade to pay $15 weekly toward the support of his wife and two children, aged 11 and four years.

50 YEARS AGO – 1958

Robert E. Webster, 76, of Zebley Road, Bethel, who died on March 31, willed the bulk of his estate to a son, H. Kenneth Webster. The state includes a 41-acre estate valued at $10,000.Judy Anderson is chairman of reservations for the Ridley Township High School Class of 1956 reunion that will be held at the Club 31 on 9th Street in Chester.

25 YEARS AGO – 1983

Upper Darby Township Council passed an ordinance to battle litter. Anyone caught tossing a cigarette or anything from a car is subject to a fine of up to $300. Littering is forbidden in public places, including parks and vacant lots.Two boys, aged 11 and 13, were arrested for hurling stones at cars passing under the Providence Road Bridge in Upper Providence. The arrests were made by Police Chief Davis and Patrolman Ken Birney. The youths were turned over to juvenile authorities.

10 YEARS AGO – 1998

A 75-year-old Nether Providence motorist leaving a parking space in a shopping center at Beatty Road and Baltimore Pike, Nether Providence, struck a pole and three other parked vehicles in the parking lot. Two people were injured.

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